The Senator Was Indiscreet
“He's the NEW candidate for the screen's HOWL of fame!”
1947•NR•1h 28m•6.2•Released
Comedy
A bumbling, long-winded and crooked Southern senator, considered by some as a dark horse for the Presidency, panics his party when his tell-all diary is stolen.
Director
George S. Kaufman
Writer
Charles MacArthur
Languages
English
Studio
Universal Pictures
Cast
William Powell
Senator Melvin G. Ashton
Ella Raines
Poppy McNaughton
Peter Lind Hayes
Lew Gibson
Arleen Whelan
Valerie Shepherd
Ray Collins
Fred Houlihan
Allen Jenkins
Farrell
Charles D. Brown
Dinty
Hans Conried
Waiter
Whit Bissell
Robert Oakes
Milton Parsons
'You Know Who'
Francis Pierlot
Frank
Oliver Blake
Indian
Chief Thundercloud
Indian (as Chief Thunder Cloud)
Chief Yowlachie
Indian
Iron Eyes Cody
Indian
Production
Company
Universal Pictures
Company
Inter-John Productions
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